The ball is moving 60 mph from the observers POV because the ball already has a speed of 50mph and the man is able to throw it at a speed of 10mph
and when you add 50mph and 10mph = 60mph.
We apply the following equation
T = 2π * sqrt (L/g)
Where g is the gravity = 9.8 m/s^2
L is the longitude of the pendulum (Height of the tower)
T is the period. (T = 18s)
We find L.............> (T /2π)^2 = L/g
L = g*(T /2π)^2...........> L = 80.428 meters
Answer:
Yes, the car has acceleration.
Explanation:
Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity. The velocity is a vector quantity. If a car is moving with constant speed but taking a turn, it means the velocity is changing, so the car have some acceleration.
If you're wearing steel-toe boots and you don't shatter some toes or a leg, then the object's acceleration is 10.58 m/s^2 ... but ONLY as long as your toe is touching it.
That acceleration is slightly greater than 1 G and your toe is not accelerating at that rate. So the object will get away ahead of your toe very quickly, and as soon as the contact breaks, the object stops accelerating.
The second runner must run 3.3m/s. If the leading runner is 1.5 seconds ahead and there are 30m left, the second runner would need to run slightly faster than the lead in order to finish at the same time. To calculate this I did 30/1.5 which gave me 0.05. I added this onto the speed of the lead runner to get 3.3m/s :)